Hammock



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1. E. PALMER.

HAMMOGK.

No. 270,837. Patented Jaan.1*6,1883.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. I. E.. PALMER.

HAMMOGK.

Patented @11.16.1883.

N. PETElls Flarnlxhogmppn Wahn-gian. D.C.

To all whom it may concern:

Yformed of unwoven portions ofthe threads Vmay he formed by the weft-threads.

`This hammock is made of woven fabric equal UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. f

lSAAC E. PALMER, OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT. Y

HAMMOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,837, dated January 16, 1883.

Application tiled October $27, 1882.

Be it known that I, ISAAC E. PALMER, of the city of Middletown, in the county of Mid dlesex and State of Connecticut, haveinvented a certain new-anduseful Improvement in Hammocks and Bed-Bottoms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hammocks or bedbottoms made of woven fabric in which all the weft-threads run or extend through the whole width of the warp and of the web.

In my application for Letters Patent tiled September 23, 1882, of which the serial number is 75,584, I have shown and described a hammock having suspension-loops at the ends ot' the warp of the fabric, said threads being drawn out in the process of weaving.

My present invention .consists in a hammock or bed-botton1 having suspension-loops at the ends formed of unwoven portions of the weft-threads of the fabric.

In theaccompanyng drawings, Figure l represents a perspective view of a hammock embodying my invention and Figs. 2, 3, and 4 represent portions of fabric for hammocks, representing the different ways in which loops Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates a hammock, which has at the ends suspension-loops a, formed by the weftthreads which enter into the weaving of the fabric of which the hammock is made. As here shown, these loops a are attached to suspension-cords B, which extend to the suspension-rings C; but the cords might bedispensed with and the loopsa made suflicicntly long to extend to the suspension -rings C.'

in widthto the length of the hammock, and the side edges of the hammock are or may be turned in and hemmed, as shown at b.

The method ofvw-eaving these -hammocks will be readily understood by reference to Figs. 2, 3, and 4.

The fabricshown in Figa?. is woven with two shuttles, which severally carry the weftthreads D D. These threads always pass through the whole width of the warp E, and two picks of each shuttle are made alternately-that is, each shuttle makes tw picks while the other is at rest; Catch-cords F are extended at each side of the fabric, and when the weft-,threads D are .thrown in by onel (No model.)

shuttle which carries the threads D is thrown toward the right hand the cords are not lifted, and loops a are formed; but when the shuttle which carries the threads D is thrown toward the right the cords are lifted, and the threads D are drawn in to form the selvage o. When the shuttles are thrown toward the left hand the cord F is lifted out of the Way of the weft-threads D, but are not lifted out of the way of the threads D', and hence the loops a at the left side are formed of the threads 1).

The fabric shown in Fig. 4 has its weft D carried by one shuttle, and as the shuttle is thrown toward either side the cord F at that side `is lifted at each alternate pick of the shuttle. In other words, the 'shuttles form a loop, a, at each forward and backward movement, thus forming the loops alternately at opposite sides ot' the fabric. Y

My invention might be embodied ia bedbottoms, in which case the loops a 4might be attached directly to hooks on 'the bedstead,

or a stick might be run through all the loops at each'end and attached to the bedstead.

I do not claim any of the methods herein described of weaving whereby the suspension-loops are made of the weft of the fabric nor do I conne myself to any of those methods of producing the loops in carrying out my invention but What l claim as my inventiomand desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A hammock or bed-bottom composed, of a IOO fabric in which all the Weftthreads pass through the whole width ofthe warp, and

having suspension-loops at the. ends formed of unwoven portions of the weft-threads of the fab-ric, substantially as herein described. ISAAC-E. PALMER.

Witnesses:

v FREDK. HAYNEs, ED. L. MoRAN. 

